EKO Hotel Expansion Project

Victoria Island, Lagos

Xypex was asked to help repair and protect the concrete in the basement parking garage and lift shafts of the EKO Hotel after water leakage caused damage. The basement was built below the water table and is subjected to hydrostatic pressure. The leaks were coming from the floor slab construction joints and most of the edges along the wall to floor and column to floor areas. Xypex Patch'n Plug and Concentrate were used to make these repairs.

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Stephen Minney

The International World of Xypex

Concrete is the universal product that among many other things, holds water in, and keeps water out. But when water fails, it can get through and cause big problems. This is the story of Xypex around the world, the concrete fixing power of a great product — and how being there with the right stuff has made Xypex a concrete waterproofing leader.

Introduction to Xypex Crystalline Technology

Basic to the development of Xypex Crystalline Technology was a thorough understanding of concrete's chemical and physical makeup. Concrete is porous. Its tunnel-like capillaries are a natural part of its mass, and permit the passage of water and other liquids.

Researchers at Xypex recognized the opportunity for a chemical treatment that would fill these capillaries to prevent the penetration of water and other liquids from any direction. This integral structure fills the capillary tracts rendering the concrete waterproof.

Xypex Crystalline Technology Animation

How Xypex Crystalline Technology works to waterproof and protect concrete continues to hold the interest and fascination of concrete specifiers and contractors, worldwide. By way of a highly magnified view of one capillary, the animation illustrates how Xypex penetrates concrete and how the catalytic reaction that results ultimately leads to the formation of insoluble crystals and a concrete structure that is permanently waterproofed even against extreme hydrostatic pressure.

Xypex Coating Installation

Xypex Coating products, for surface application, are part of the Xypex concrete waterproofing and protection system and represent one of three different ways to install Xypex Crystalline Technology into concrete.

Xypex Admix Installation

Xypex Additive products, added to the concrete at time of batching, are part of the Xypex concrete waterproofing and protection system and represent one of three different ways to install Xypex Crystalline Technology into concrete.

Xypex Dryshake Installation

Xypex Dryshake products, for horizontal surfaces, are part of the Xypex concrete waterproofing and protection system and represent one of three different ways to install Xypex Crystalline Technology into concrete.

Xypex Concrete Repairs

Xypex provides a number of specialized products for a wide range of concrete repair applications such as stopping flowing water, patching, resurfacing, and rehabilitating concrete as well as the repairing of cracks.